xt7j3t9d822b https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7j3t9d822b/data/mets.xml The Kentucky Kernel Kentucky -- Lexington The Kentucky Kernel 1976-04-08 Earlier Titles: Idea of University of Kentucky, The State College Cadet newspapers  English   Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. The Kentucky Kernel  The Kentucky Kernel, April 08, 1976 text The Kentucky Kernel, April 08, 1976 1976 1976-04-08 2020 true xt7j3t9d822b section xt7j3t9d822b Vol. LXVII No. 146
Thursday Aprils. 1976

After 69 years

KENTUCKY

an independent student newspaper —1—

2] University of. Kentucky

Lexington, Kentuclz y

Whitesburg Mountain Eagle-—it still screams

l5) lllt'K GABRIEL
Kernel Sports Editor _

You have to step around garbage cans to
get inside.

There‘s a large sheet of cardboard taped
over a gaping hole in the glass of the front
door.

\\ hocould tell by looking at it that this is
the home of the “hilesburg Mountain
itagle. one oi the best known weekly
newspapers in the country?

The inside of the building is a little better
looking than the outisde. but not much.
The walls and floor are unpainted and
cold. i'our desks. laden with papers and
.in occasional typewriter. are crammed
into the .‘ront portion of the oneeroom of-
iice

.\ hugeset of bookshelves takes up most
oi the back section. It serves astheiile for
back issues of the Mountain Eagle. Old
copies are stuffed into every opening.

Two computer typtsetters stand on one
side oi the gargantuan file. Production
equipment «lightta bles, paper-cutters.
etc.) stand on the other.

And in the middle of this jungle is the
mail-strewn desk oi the editor. Tom Gish.
lit-turn addresses on the envelopes range
.rom Leicher. Ky. to Hollywood. Calif.

.\ t i\' graduate. (fish has been editor of
the iiagletor itiyeais. ifehasa reputation
oi a staunch liberal who is not afraid to put
nis leelmgs into print. As a result. he saw
his office destroyed by fire no less than H
months ago

"\\h_\' the tire was set.
Nobody ever really told me." says Gish. a
short. stocky man with a red beard
showing wisps oi gray. “it was set by a
groupliired by the \‘t hitesburg City Police.

\te can only speculate as to how many.
who hired them. how much money was
paid and who put the money up.

"We had been doing stories on police

1 don't know.

UK's tenure system model
for nation's universities

By SAM MYASSI‘ZE
Kernel Staff Writer

l‘K‘s criteria for gra nting'tenure is one
of the "most structured and carefully
considered" of all those he has seen, says
vice-president for academic affairs Dr
Lewis ('ochran.

( ‘ochran says. L'K's procedure has been
used as a model in other colleges.
somewhere between .30 to 100 copies have
been requtsted by various sources across
the country.

“The basic procedures were established
during 1963-64. and modifications have
been made since. then," Cochran says.
“We have been extrordinarily careful in
setting out just what criteria are essential
to making the tenure decision since this is
what sets the permanent nature of" our
iaculty.“

“Each case must he decided on its in-
dividual merits. We are dealing in quality
judgements here; there are no
checksheets that can be used. Every effort
is made to provide an objective, analytical
assesment and evaluation of each file."

Each new faculty member serves a non-
tenured probationary period of not more
than seven years. At the end of this time
he must either be granted tenure or will
not have his appointment renewed. This
probationary period may be reduced if the
faculty member has prior service at
another institution.

University regulations state all tenure
decisiors "shall be made strictly on the
basis of merit.“ Four areas, according to
the regulations, are important to making
this decision: teaching, research,
professional activity, and University and
public service.

The regulations state “ideally, in-
dividuals selected for the tenure ranks
should demonstrate superiority in all the
major criteria." “However, in practice,
most individuals exhibit higher per-
formance in one area and a lower level in
another.

(‘ochran said outstanding performance
in one area should not overshadow the
other factors that must be taken into
consideration in the overall evaluation of
academic excellence.

These areas are evaluated by a
hierarchy of lfiiiversity bodies who make
their recommendation based on in-
lormation received from sources both
inside and outside the University,

After consulting with the tenured faculty
oi the department, and soliciting
evaluations from the faculty member‘s
lormer students and outside experts in the
member‘s specialty area, the department
chairman initiates the proposal either to
grant or withhold tenure.

The chairman then sends the proposal to
the Dean oi the college who adds his own
recommendation and forwards it on to the
vice-president for academic affairs.

The vice-president reviews the proposal
lor completenessmaking sure all
procedures have been correctly followed.
lie iorwartb the tile, with supporting
documents. to the appropriate area
committee (humanities, social sciences,
VIC).

This area committee, composed of
tenured iaculty, appointed by the
president from the general academic area
of the faculty member under evaluation,
then makts a substantive review of all
documents and adds its own recom-
mendation.

The prqiosal then returns to the vice-
prosident, who reviews it and all action
taken by the various bodies. After con-
sulting with the Dean of the graduate
school about the quality of research, and
the undergraduate dean about the
member‘s teaching ability, he adds his
own recommendation and forwards the
tile to the president. ' .

After making a final review, the
president submits his recommendation to
the board at trustees, who make the

Continued on page 7

iiarrassment oi kids in the community.
The tire obviously could be construed as
retaliation."

The sta‘ies centered on one particular
cop who seemed to enjoy picking on the
tow n‘s youngsters. t‘omplaints were sent
to the newspaper. and Gish ran front page
eonnnentarits on the situation. Then the
iire.

V. .is l he hole in the door it remnant of the.
«scapade‘f

“.\o." (iish explains with a smile, "that

happened one morning when everybody
hada key but me and lhad to get in.”

dish is one of six Eagle full~time em-
ployees. two of which are reporters. Many
stories come from 15-20 people who send
them in on a part-time basis. There are
also correspmdents from all over the
state.

“They call in anything of interest." Gish
says. "They‘re scattered all over the
place."

t'ontinued on page 6

Empty trash cans and some litter It in front of the unassuming office of the

Vt liiteshu rg Mounta in Eagle.
screams ! ' ‘

The Eagle‘s mast proudly proclaims—“it still

Judicial board extends
candidate filing deadline

My l).\\'ll) BROWN
.\ssistant Managing Editor

The tiling deadline for candidates for
student (iovemment offices has been
moved to Monday because the filling
deadline was not properly advertised.

Marion Wade. a candidate for Arts and
Sciences senator requested injunctive
relief from a 56 judicial board because he
said failure to advertise the deadline
restricted the election to a few select
students and denied a majority of students
the opportunity to run. _

“Seven of eight filing days went by
withouta ny advertising ata ll,” Wade said.
Filing was to have closed today at 4:30
pm.

The SC election rules state a candidate
may seek injunctive relief from a J-board
when an ineqrality or a violation of the
election rules occurs.

J-board members were contacted by
phone Wednesday and asked to decide the
issue, said Bill Loviza, J-board chairman.

“The request wasn’t unreasonable and
we thought we might get a few more good
people to run” Loviza said.

8G President Jim Harralson said he had
instructed the elections board chairman to
be sure the tiling dates were advertised,
but said “for one reason or another the
advertising didn‘t appear." Harralson
said he wasn‘t sure if he didn’t make
himself clear or there was a misun-
derstanding in the Kernel advertising
office.

Cindy Cash, Kernel campus advertising
representative said Timi Parke, SG Public
Relations director, called her Tuesday
night and wanted the ad run Wednesday
and Thursday. The advertising deadline
for Wednesday 3 paper, however, was
Monday afiemoon.

Harra lson said, ‘the extension will not
substantively cut campaign time. We
didn’t expect much campaigning during
the first weekend anyhow.” Campaigning
canna' begin until all candidates have
filed.

Voting will still be held on April 20 and
21.

The filing deadline is now at 4:30 pm.
Monday. The candidates meeting
originally scheduled for Thursday, will be
held Monday night.

 

  

 

a—w—
Editorials do not reprcaant the opinion of the University.

Susan Jones
Editorial Page Editor

John Winn Miller
Associate Editor

Jimrial:

Bruce Winges
Editor-in-Chie!

Ginny Edwards
Managing Editor

 

 

(Editor‘s note: Because of the number of letters and commentaries received by the
Kernel, there is no editorial today. In cases where a number of letters or Spectrum
articles are received about one or several subiecti, more space is devoted to reader’s
views. Letters to the editor and Spectrum commentaries should be typed, double-
spaced and signed—including classification, maior and phone number.)

J ‘1
Letters
cerned with the preservation of law and
order and her-his religious well being.

Referring to this blatantly stereotypic

What will happen

to Cindy Brown?
iy mb mnde But that‘s not what made me CrY-

Eventually people will find out what’s
I am sitting here at 3 am. and

 

 

 

 

'Heartbroken'
Editor:

After reading the letter concerning

 

going on and help. I cried because I

 

the ”perverting examples“ set by the
"buxom babes” and the write-up
covering the same activity Sunday
night in the Student Center, I was
heartbroken to find these normal,
healthy students comparing the actions
of those sexually immature,
pseudoheterosexual (read closet case)
"ladies" to those of the wholesome, all-
American individuals of the gay per-
suasion. >

We of the coalition have labored long
and hard to present our true image:
that of highly moral individuals can

performance as homosexual behavior
is an affrontal to all we stand for.

We deny the existence of such a
subculture as was portrayed by the
Alpha Delta Pi contest unless it be in
the all too fertile imaginations of the
insecure, bigoted populace who would
deny us our freedom of sexual choice
based on their fear of possible
emotional and physical involvement
with another human being (whether.

they be of same or opposite sex...).
Vicki Combs

Gay Student Coalition president

 

 

‘VE HAVE CONHNGENCY PLANS...’

 

wondering what I can do to “help save
South Hill-Pleasant Green." Actually.
I’m sitting here thinking about Cindy
Brown, who lives on Patterson Street in
Pleasant Green. She and her two
brothers probably have little idea of
why they are supposed to be moving
soon. This place has been home to her
all her life, as I remember it.

Her mother Ann pays $80 a month
plus utilities for their three-room house.

I don’t know where she’ll find another
place she Can afford. with enough room
for them all. I pay Sl2Sa month for my
one-room efficiency (no extra charge
for the bugs). lt‘sa little newer, but not
in much better condition.

I actually cried this morning. Not
just a few tears. It’s been a long time.
But this is a frustrating situation. The
ovenlvhelming maiority of Lexington’s
citizens oppose this tearing down over
100 homes, even Channel 18's survey
showed that.

A lot of people even figure they ought
to iust let people park wherever they
can. It worked at the coliseum.

It’s not that nobody in Lexington
cares whether all these people get
thrown outon the streets. There is a lot
of ignorance, and the University (un-
derstandably) is the center of it. If you
never leave campus, how could you
possibly even know where South Hill is?
Or that the people who live there call it
Pleasant Green?

didn'tknow a thing that I could dothat I
was sure would save Cindy's house and
home. The law suit mightdo it. but I'm
not a lawyer. The rally in the park
could help'encourage the residents to
join the suit and stick it out. But how
many people will come? Me.

Of course. I have to sing. The band (I
call them The Save South Hill-Pleasant
Green Rolling Thunder Review. but not
to their face). And the group—they
always come. But who else will come?
Mike says 200. but I hope for more.
Millions in my dreams. We would all
just stand there and politely say, ”No,
you can’t tear down these houses; we
want them for people." They wouldn’t
even put up a fight; they'd iust build
that parking structure. They might
even say they were sorry they were so
greedy.

Well, it’s 4:45 pm. and I'm staring
vacantly at the typewriter again. I still
can't think of anything guaranteed to
win. The rally will have to do for now.
Even if it only turns out to be a
farewell concert for Pleasant Green,
it'll be good. Maybe it will show the
people there that it wasn't the students
that wanted their homes torn down for
their basketball games. Maybe even a
few players will be there to say it
themselves. Maybe I'll see Cindy.

 

Bob Bonde is a visiting sociology in-.
structor.

 

 

 

 

Robbers employ anti-aircraft gun

The first white panel truck already
was parked in the curb lane outside‘he
Royal Bank of Canada in Montreal's
busy financial section. So when the
Brink’s armored truck arrived, the
driver simply took advantage of the
blocked lane of traffic and slipped in
behind the van.

 

'fl'. .-,\1".’ 5 ,
Three Brink’s guards got out of the
armored vehicle and went inside the
bank. They came back, carrying
bulging sacks of cash. Then they went
bad< inside for the second load.
Meanwhile, another white van pulled
up behind the Brink’s truck. The driver
of the second van got out, and walked
around to the front of the armored car.
He tapped on the windshield to get the
Brink's driver’s attention“ Then he
pointed to the back of the first white
van.
The wide doors of the van were
kicked suddenly open from the in-
side...and the Brink’s driver was

staring down the muzzle of an anti-
aircraft gun mounted on a tripod and
secured in its position with sandbags.

Police later found the Brink's truck
parked behind a tennis court five miles
away from the bank. The driver was
still inside. About $2 million was not.

 

Ken Kesey, author of the novel "One
Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest," has filed
suit in U.S. District Court in Portland.
Ore., seeking a share of the profits from
the movie version of his book.

Kesey, presumably in desperate
straits to keep his California antics
flowing, sold the screen rights to his
work to actor Kirk Douglas 13 years
ago. Now he is looking for legal
grounds that will enable him to
reconsider.

Douglas bought the rights to the book
for $20,000. The movie has earned $50
million so far.

 

Well, the dreams of Thomas Jef-
ferson and the handiwork of Horace
Mann apparently have proven to be
about as productive as the Ioins of Jesus
Christ.

According to a recently reported
study published by the U.S. Office of

Education last year, 22 per cent of
Americans over age 17 are illiterate;
and another 32 per cent are
"marginally literate."

Using the results of thatstudy Ted K.
Kilty. a professor of education at
Western Michigan University, has
concluded that 54 per cent of U.S.
citizens cannot read well enough to
understand the directions for taking
buffered aspirin, to prepare a frozen
ham dinner or to get anything but the
pictures out of your average Time
magazine.

 

You may have missed the an-
nouncement last week that Henry
Kissinger has. in behalf of all of us, in
effect surrendered to the Russians.

According to Admiral Elmo Zum-
walt, former chief of U.S. naval
operations, Kissinger has admitted in
private that he thinks the American
people lack the will to bea maior world
power.

4' ’The day of the U.S. is past,’ ”
Zumwalt quotes Kissinger as saying,
" ’and today is the day of the Soviet
Union. My job as secretary of state is to
negotiate the most acceptable second-
best position available.‘ "

Kissingers opinion would not be so
dlshea rtening if the Soviets were known

as compassionate adversaries. As it is,
this country is in the position of a man
who has accepted a duel to the death
with his archenemy, has chosen pistols
as the deciding weapon, has selected
his seconds, has appeared on the field of
honor, has marched off the 10 paces,
turned, and...asked for a timeout.

The very suggestion that the
American people might be weak-willed
and second-rate would have cost the iob
of any previous secretary of state. But
the revelation of Kissinger’s
estimation of his constituents didn’t
even ma ke thefront pages around here.

N'ewspaper editors, presumably,
have decided that Americans simply
don’t want to hear that kind of news.
Bad for our digestion, l guess.

Maybe they are all right. Maybe in a
few short years our newspapers, road
signs, aspirin. labels and TV dinners
will be printed in Russian. No matter.
If Prof. Kilty is right, only a few of us
will notice. And we will have the good
sense not to care. A funeral. as they
say, is the wrong place for on-the-iob
training. Especially if the funeral is
your own.

 

Terrence Tucker is a graduate student.
in communications. His column ap~
pears weekly in the Kernel.

 

 

 

 

 

  

S

pectrum

Opinions from inside and outside the.University

 

 

 

Mrs. Spring refuses to leave South Hill

 

By Margaretkeley

i had a chat tonight. The woman l
chatted with I will call Mrs. Spring. I
do this because i do not want to place
any more burdens on her shoulders
because i feelshe has all shecan handle
now. Mrs. Spring lives in South Hill.

Mrs. Spring told me a friend of hers,
who also lives in South Hill, went to the
community-located relocation center
and demanded her $2,400. The center
told her she was to get nothing, but she
didn‘t quit and she went back time and
time again. Then she was told that she
would receive $900 for a down payment
on a trailer that the relocation staff had
found for her (that she was not even
allowed to look at). She still didn't quit
trying and finally squeezed $2,400 cut of
them, with the advice from the
relocation center, "Don't tell anyone."

Mr$. Spring has received her eviction
notice. She was Supposed to leave April
1, but she refused to leave because she
absolutely has no place to go. Right
now she is laid off work and she can
barely pay her $80 monthly rent. The
only thing Mrs. Spring has found is a
one bedroom apartment (in much
worse shape than her present clean and
attractiveapartment) for $140 a month.

She demanded the relocation office
find her a place to live and was told.
rather flippantly, there is simply no
place for her to go.

A meeting was called at the begin-
ning of the relocation program by the
relocation staff at a Baptist church in
the area. And at the meeting the

' residents of South Hill and Pleasant
Green were told if they were not
satisfied with the decisions of the
relocation office they could appeal the
deCision.

When Mrs. Spring applied for
relocation she was promptly turned
down altogether. She asked for the
forms to fill out because she was not
satisfied with the decision and wanted
to appeal it, as she had been advised.
She was then told the center did not
have the needed forms. Mrs. Spring
then promptly asked him if he could get
her the forms. She was told "no,“ he

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

could not get her the forms in time
because she would get her eviction
notiCe before he could get a hold of the
needed forms.

Mrs. Spring was understandably very
upset and questioned the relocation
staff about what they intended to do
with the money which rightfully
belonged to the residents of South Hill
and Pleasant Green. She was told, in a
laughing manner, the money would
probably be given back to the city.

Mrs. Spring told me that she leaves
the lights on all night so the city and
their bulldozers can see that someone
still lives in her apartment. She also
told me, with much conviction, that
when the bulldozers come she will be
thereand she hopes someonewill take a

picture of her sitting on top of it. I told-

her that she would not be the only one in
the picture.

This is the Outcome of Mayor Foster
Petit's "generous” relocation program

for the people of Pleasant Green and
Sauth Hill. These people obviously need
your support. There will be a rally
Saturday, April 10 on Patterson Street
(off Maxwell St.) from 1-3 p.m. The
NAACP and the Friends of South Hill
are two of the co-sponsors.

Please don’t turn your head and
ignore this flagrant iniustice. Come
and rally.

 

Margaret Kelley is an education iunior.

 

 

 

 

McCarthy is an effective statesman

 

By Nicolas Marlin

 

We here in Kentud